SC · Bihar 1947 1999
Chatra
Shankar Dyal Singh (INC) won by 10,081 votes (6.4%).
- Electors
- 5,46,816
- Votes polled
- 1,61,031
- Valid votes
- 1,56,765
- Turnout
- 29.4%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 6.4% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 13.2%(+6.5%)
- Turnout
- 42.0%(-8.3%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.2%
Winning margin over time · Chatra
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shankar Dyal SinghWinner | INC | 67,786 | 43.2% |
| 2 | Vijay Raje | JAP | 57,705 | 36.8% |
| 3 | Vishwanath Modi | SSP | 29,429 | 18.8% |
| 4 | Surendra Nath Sharma | IND | 1,845 | 1.2% |
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